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Ahmed El Maanouni Read Bio Collapse
Ahmed El Maanouni Read Bio Collapse
Ahmed El Maanouni is a writer, director, cinematographer, and producer born in Casablanca in 1944. Among his essential works are Alyam Alyam (1978), the first Moroccan film to be selected at the Cannes Film Festival and winner of the 7e Art prize at FESPACO in Ouagadougou; and Al Hal [Trances] (1981), which was the first movie to be restored by the World Cinema Project in 2007. Among his other works are the feature films Burned Hearts (2007) and Fadma (2017), as well as The Paths of Freedom (2015-16), a documentary trilogy that tells the story of the Moroccan struggle for independence through the experience of families.
Ahmed El Maanouni, Al Hal [Trances]
Ahmed El Maanouni, Omar Berrada, and African Film Institute
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Posted: April 18, 2024
Category
Film, Music, Colonialism & Imperialism
Subjects
Documentary, Africa, Experimental Film